I don't cheat in a game unless I don't like the game but still want to see the cut scenes. I play Skyrim on legendary survival hard-core mode with no fast travel.
@Anon2025 Judging by your statement, I come into some conclusions:
1. You did not do something like "Infinite Money" which allows you to buy anything and everything with no effort.
2. The game you are on is not too money centred, as in there are other resources required such as EXP that money can only help, not replace.
Which is fine by the way, to have one less limited resource to deal with.
For the most part, it depends on a game. I start cheating when I feel a game is wasting my time with grinding. Or I cheat after I beat the game just to try different things.
Same, I activated the Debug Mode in Cookie Clicker after feeling it was leading to nowhere and after that, I could finally stop playing the damned game.
Lets me feel rich.
Need healing items? Easy.